Great Adventure Kit

Hello and Happy Friday!

I'm back to share two of my newest layouts using the April Great Adventure Kit and beautifully coordinated add-on!

BE A SHOWOFF

The 'be a showoff' sticker for this page was just perfect! I loved the colors in this kit! I did a lot of layering with the rub-ons. Rub-ons are great to add a little bit of extra texture to a page but keep the dimension down.

Smile, Here's Looking At You

Love the grey, yellow and bit of teal of this layout. As you may know I always try to match my pictures to the colors of the kits. I did add the bakers twine from my stash just to give the page some extra texture. 

Here's a closeup of some layering I did. The word stickers are great! I know I'll be using those more and more since I have so many extra left over.

If you didn't  have a chance to see the kit yet, take a peak at it:

and here's that perfectly matching add-on!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Melanie

A couple more layouts from Melanie...

Hello, It's Melanie Here!

I had a great time looking at all the great layouts and projects posted here in the last couple of weeks.  These girls are seriously talented!

To add to my gallery I have a few more layouts I created with the March: "Be Amazing kit"

This is me and my family from a couple years ago.... I didn't really put a title on this page but I figured there was enough wording on the chipboard pieces to use as my journaling. Just as long as I have a date on the page I can work with that.

I did some tone on tone on this page. I love this Martha Stewart doily punch. Then flicked some of the October Afternoon sprinkler's. I also used some Studio Calico Mr. Huey's mists too.

 For this layout I used Heather's sketch (which I posted below). Make sure you visit her blog too!

I used paper scraps to make my own washi looking tape. I told you I was obsessed with it!

 Here's the sketch I used.

I can't believe March is coming to an end..but that means brand new April kits are around the corner! I'm super excited to start working with it!

Have a great weekend!

Melanie

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Hello!

I'm Melanie, a new member to the Scraptastic Design Team. I have guest designed in the past but this is my official design team hello to you all and my first blog post!

I thought I would share a little of my thought process behind the way I scrapbook. We all have our different ways and styles which make each of our pages unique. The first thing I do after receiving the kit is  I spread it all out to get a feel of the kit: colors, theme, etc. I always match my pictures to the colors of the paper or paper colors to my pictures--sometimes this is a process all in itself. I usually print my photos at home so I can edit them and print them in different sizes.  Now I'll show you what I'm talking about and you'll notice it in my layouts. 

I have completed 4 layouts with the Be Amazing kit, today I'll share 2 of them and a few details.

Celebrate

One thing I was having a problem with were the bigger pieces of chipboard, they just looked so awkward on my pages. I actually called this layout done but ended up going back in to add more to the upper left corner. I decided to rip apart the chipboard pieces (the 2 you see in the lower picture-Celebrate and the journal piece.) I used just the decorative top part and tossed the bulky chipboard. It fit and looked better on my page, then I was able to overlap it without the bulk and add a brad and sticker over the top to finish it off. 

Enjoy the Journey 

Some tid bits on this layout. Again you notice the wording on the biggest picture, "Enjoy the Journey," just like the last layout I tore apart the chipboard piece and used only the top layer and tossed the chipboard. Then I  tore the edges so it looked like washi tape. (btw, I love washi tape) You'll notice I picked the colors from my daughter's outfit to match my papers and embellishments to match my theme. I used the October Afternoon Sprinkler's on my page, (actually every page I created). I don' t mist it on, rather remove the sprayer from the bottle and flick it to get the bigger drips on my pages. (and btw, I now love OA sprinkler's too!)

I hope I was able to inspire you a bit. I'll be back soon with the other 2 layouts!

And tell me, were you one of lucky ones able to pick up the Be Amazing kit? I'd love for you to link me to your layouts. I think it's so fun to see the different pages we can all come up with using the same kit!

Melanie

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Good morning my Scraptastic friends!

Happy Hump Day :)

I hope that everyone is having a great week!



Today I'd like to share 2 more layouts from our GDT Melanie Stanczyk using the Home Sweet Home Kit and Add-On.....

Pumpkin Patch

So Very Thankful for Me & You

I just don't even know where to begin.......I love that Pumpkin Patch sign, the stitching on the pumpkins.....OK the whole page, everything about it!

I love all the mix of pp's on the second layout......and that pumpkin.....simply amazing!

Thanks Melanie for sharing you awesome work with us!

Who wants a $20.00 GC to the store?

Please check out Counterfeit Kit Cahllenge Blog and Sketch Inspiration to find out how.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for the 3rd November Challenge.

You can find the links to the first 2 November Challenges at the top right of the blog.

On Friday, I will have the full reveal of the December Kits......you definitely don't want to miss that!

Have a great day!

our gdt melanie stanczyk.......

Good morning my Scraptastic friends!

I hope that you all had a fabulous weekend :)

I'm so excited to share a couple of layouts from our GDT Melanie Stanczyk.....Melanie got to work with the Home Sweet Home Kit and Add-On...

I love that Melanie fit all these pictures on 1 layout! And all of the little details are perfect.

(You can find some close-ups here.)

So totally love this :) Again, look at all of those pictures.....and I just love that little spool of yarn with the clothes pin....(you can find some close-ups for this one here.)

Great job Melanie!

I will be posting the rest of Melanie's work later this week :)

Don't forget that our November Challenges are going on right now! You can find the links for the challenges at the top right of the blog. You're playing for 2 Echo Park Collection Kits......

 

Winter Park

and

Christmas Dots & Stripes

Also we have 2 ways for you to win 2 $20.00 GC's to the store......please check out Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog and Sketch Inspiration for the details.

Have a great day!!!